Responding to the latest energy price cap announcement from OFGEM, Andy Mayer, Energy Analyst at the Institute of Economic Affairs … Continue reading “OFGEM pushing ‘propaganda, not regulation’ over energy price cap”

On the more market-oriented wing of UK politics, there is a widespread view that the energy packages announced by Chancellors … Continue reading “Was there a market-oriented alternative to the UK’s energy crisis response?”

Imagine you buy 10 cans of beer every week, at a price of £2.50 each. Due to a shortage of … Continue reading “Why demand-side support trumps energy price caps”

In 2009, Liz Truss, then Deputy Director of the Reform think tank, now Foreign Secretary, wrote about green technology: “Vast … Continue reading “The CF Industries bailout is a terrible folly”

Rising gas prices, energy companies going bust, Ministers discussing bailouts and empty reassurance to consumers. The central problem with the … Continue reading “The Gordian Knot of UK energy policy”

The UK government has published its proposed legislation to implement a temporary cap on domestic energy prices. Those encouraged by … Continue reading “The government’s ‘temporary’ energy price cap is bad economics”

The 8 June General Election is being viewed through the prism of Brexit. In one fell swoop, it is said … Continue reading “Delivering Brexit isn’t enough: Where’s the pro-growth vision for Britain?”

Ed Miliband’s pledge last week that a Labour government would press ahead with the party’s energy price freeze ‘within months’ … Continue reading “Energy price controls have failed all over Europe”

In September 2013, at a time when energy prices were increasing, opposition leader Ed Miliband made an eye-catching proposal: a … Continue reading “Price freezes and price caps won’t work: we need a competitive energy market”